EFCC Docks Man For Love Scam

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, on Wednesday, March 27, 2019, arraigned one Omotayo Tapere before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State on a two-count charge bordering on possession of document containing false pretence and forgery.

One of the counts reads:
“That you, Omotayo Tapere (aka Robert Fine), sometime in 2018 at Lagos,
within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, had in your possession
fraudulent email sent from Robert.fine231101@gmail.com, your email
account to Fredrica Fox through her email,Frederica2014@hotmail.com
titled “I am in love”, professing love to her, a representation you knew
to be false.”

The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge when it was read to him.

In
view of his plea, prosecution counsel, M.A. Bashir, asked for a trial
date and prayed the court to remand the defendant in prison custody
pending the determination of the case.

Counsel to the defendant, Oye Akanni, however, told the court that a bail application had been served on the prosecution.

He, therefore, urged the court to admit his client to bail in liberal terms. .

In
his response, the prosecution counsel, Bashir, urged the court to allow
him to respond to the bail application, saying, “My Lord, the
prosecution is still within the time provided by Law to respond to the
bail application filed by the defendant.”

Justice Dada adjourned the case to April 17, 2019 for hearing of the bail application and commencement of trial.

The defendant was ordered to be remanded in prison custody.

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